Partnerships with power

April 5, 2017

Through engaged research, community leaders and students collaboratively address issues and serve people in need

Naeema Muhammad and Pavithra Vasudevan

Watch a video on how Pavithra Vasudevan, a UNC doctoral student in geography, is working with community organizer Naeema Muhammad on the collaborative research project “Race and Waste in an Aluminum Town.”

“It was an opportunity for the people in West Badin to … have a better understanding of why the community members were concerned …”
—Community organizer Naeema Muhammad, speaking about “Race and Waste in an Aluminum Town”